A Missouri state senator, his voice cracking with emotion on Monday, challenged his political colleagues to clean up their campaign tactics following the death of gubernatorial candidate and State Auditor Tom Schweich in an apparent suicide.

Three people were hurt, including one with a serious injury, after a tractor-trailer jackknifed Saturday afternoon, Feb. 28, in the westbound lanes of Interstate 44 at Rolla and struck four vehicles that were stopped in traffic for other crashes...

Missouri's Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday appointed one of his senior advisers to temporarily serve as state auditor following the death of Republican Auditor Tom Schweich, who police say died of an apparent suicide.